Overview

• The 78-year-old was found in Ottaviano on Saturday evening after failing to return from mushroom picking near the Vesuvio park.
• His son discovered him unconscious with wounds consistent with animal bites, and rescuers were unable to revive him.
• Police from the San Giuseppe Vesuviano commissariat have opened an inquiry under the Nola prosecutor’s office.
• The man was taken to the Santa Lucia clinic in Ottaviano, and his body was later transferred to the Castellammare di Stabia hospital for the autopsy.
• Initial hypotheses consider stray dogs or wild boar, and local reports name the victim as Angelo Cutolo, but the specific animals involved remain unconfirmed.